त्वं हि तस्य वधार्थाय समर्थः पृथिवीपते
O lord of the earth, you alone are capable of killing him.
न हि धुन्धुर्महावीर्यस्तेजसाल्पेन शाक्यते
For Dhundhu of great might cannot be subdued by lesser energy.
वीर्यं हि सुमहत्तस्य देवैरपि दुरासदम्
His strength is truly immense, difficult even for the gods to withstand.
कुवलाश्वं तु तं प्रादात्तस्मिन् धुन्धुनिवारणे
But Kuvalāśva was given for the destruction of Dhundhu.
भविष्यति द्विजश्रेष्ठ धुन्धुमारो न संशयः
O best of the twice-born, there is no doubt that Dhundhumāra will be born.
जगाम स वनायैव तपसे शंसितव्रतः
He, steadfast in his vow, went to the forest for austerities.
सहक्रैरेकविंशत्या पुत्राणां सह पार्थिवः
The king went together with his twenty-one sons.
तमाविशत्ततो विष्णुर्भगवान्स्वेन तेजसा
Then the blessed Viṣṇu entered him with his own radiance.
तस्मिन्प्रयाते दुर्धर्षे दिवि शब्दो महानभूत्
When that indomitable one departed, a great sound arose in the heavens.
दिव्यैः पुष्पैश्च तं देवाः संमतात्समवाकिरन्
And the gods showered him with divine flowers, approvingly.
स गत्वा पुरुषव्याघ्रस्तनयैः सह वीर्यवान्
That mighty man, tiger among men, went forth with his sons.
तस्य पुत्रैः खनद्भिश्च वालुकान्तर्हितस्तदा
Then, hidden among the sands by his sons who were digging,
मुखजेनाग्निना क्रुद्धो लोकानुद्वर्तयन्निव
Angry, as if overturning the worlds, he with fire from his mouth—
सोमस्य सो ऽसुरश्रेष्ठो धारोर्मिकलिलो महान्
That great asura, a mass of waves and mud, belonged to Soma.
ततः स राजातिबलो राक्षसं तं महाबलम्
Then that exceedingly powerful king confronted that mighty Rākṣasa.
तस्य वारिमयं वेगमपि वत्स नराधिपः
O prince, the king repelled even the watery force of that being.
निरस्यन्तं महाकायं बलेनोदकराक्षसम्
He drove away the great-bodied water-rākṣasa by his strength.
उत्तङ्कश्च वरं प्रादात्तस्मै राज्ञे महात्मने
Uttaṅka then granted a boon to that great-souled king.
धर्मे रतिं च सततं स्वर्गे वासं तथाक्षयम्
Constant delight in dharma, and undiminishing residence in heaven.
तस्य पुत्रास्त्रयः शिष्टा दृढाश्वो ज्येष्ठ उच्यते
Three sons of his remained; the eldest is called Dṛḍhāśva.
धैन्धुमारिर्दृढाश्वश्च हर्यश्वस्तस्य चात्मजः
Dhaindhumāri and Dṛḍhāśva, and Haryaśva is his son.
संहताश्वो निकुंभस्य सुतो रणविशारदः
Saṃhatāśva, skilled in battle, is the son of Nikuṃbha.
तस्य पत्नी हैमवती सती माता दृषद्वती
His wife was Sati, the daughter of Himavat, and her mother was Drishadvati.
युवनाश्वसुतस्तस्य त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतः
His son was Yuvanashva, renowned throughout the three worlds.
अभिशस्ता तु सा भर्त्रा नदी सा बाहुदा कृता
But she was cursed by her husband and became the river Bahuda.
मान्धाता यौवनाश्वो वै त्रैलोक्यविजयी नृपः
Mandhata, son of Yuvanashva, was a king who conquered the three worlds.
यावत्सूर्य उदयते यावच्च प्रतितिष्ठति
As far as the sun rises and as far as it sets,
तस्य चैत्ररथी भार्या शशबिन्दोः सुताभवत्
His wife was Chaitrarathi, the daughter of Shashabindu.
पतिव्रता च ज्येष्ठा च भातॄणामयुतस्य सा
She was devoted to her husband and the eldest among her ten thousand brothers.
पुरुकुत्समंबरीषं मुचुकुन्दं च विश्रुतम्
Purukutsa, Ambarisha, and the famous Muchukunda,